A serving suggestion for our Beer of the Week, Big Bear’s Witness: In June, we named Big Bear’s bistro burger the best piece of ground meat between two buns in South Florida. Why? Well, you can read about it here, but essentially, it’s a perfect combination of great ingredients and…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
OK, after our encore Ron Duprat recap of Top Chef Las Vegas episode one, it’s time to move on to episode two. Maybe we’ll see some more of Ron’s jolly ways this time around? I’ll settle for some more of him cooking. Now on with the show…
Episode two of the new Top Chef Las Vegas premiered last night, which means we’ve seen Hollywood Beach Marriott Executive Chef Ron Duprat twice now on the program. Each week, we’re going to recap what happened to the Haitian native Duprat on the show — and maybe point out some…
Carnivores dating vegetarians. They go together about as well as milk and lemon, Alaskan beauty queens and New York liberals, alcohol and text messaging. Which is to say the combination, though horribly problematic, creates something so fiery, so alive with pent-up energy, the sparks could become an alternative to fossil…
This week, it looks like I’ll be eating balls of birdseed. A clear package sits on my desk. The label says Best Quality Bansi manufactured these Rajgira Ladoo. So far, exactly two words on the package make sense to me. The next five words, Les Balles de Rajgira Douces, don’t…
I took a trip to the beach last night and sank into some Pho at Basilic, a Vietnamese restaurant that took over Tedesco’s old spot on Commercial Blvd. The tiny bistro serves a mean bowl of the stuff, fragrant with anise and ginger and loaded with strips of thinly sliced…
When John Montagu, First Lord of the Admiralty and avowed Satanist (!), asked his valet to slap a hunk of meat between two slices of bread in 1762, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich could hardly have known that almost 250 years later a restaurant in Boca Raton would nestle a…
Flavor Palm Beach, the county’s month-long answer to Dine Out Fort Lauderdale and Miami Spice, will begin next Tuesday and run through the end of September. The premise is the same as its contemporaries: dine out at participating locations throughout the month and receive a three-course meal for $30. Three-course…
Click here for our review of Saffron, this week in Dish.Is it just me, or is papadum and chutney about the best starchy snack you can get before a meal. Think about it: simple bread and butter can be rendered wonderfully, but even at great heights, it can be too…
Between Miami Spice and the endless end-of-summer happy hours, August is heaven for South Florida foodies. But with the vast array of choices within this paradise for gluttons, a task as simple as choosing where to go on any night can become overwhelming. So, how do you choose? Well, I’ll…
• Good for you, good for the environment. That’s the idea behind Joey Giannuzzi’s The Green Gourmet, a planet and palate-friendly meals-to-go market slated to open in West Delray in late September or early October. Formerly chef at Henry’s in Delray, Giannuzzi will be dishing contemporary American comfort food for…
Pictured: Cheddar and roasted jalapeno burger with rosemary garlic home fries. Burger: Fresh ground round. Salt and pepper crusted. Grilled medium rare. Melted aged Vermont white cheddar.Bun: Whole wheat kaiser, grill toasted on the cut side.Toppings: Whole jalapenos, grilled, skinned, and seeded. Chopped fine. Campari tomatoes, sliced. Mayonnaise.Fries: Red potatoes,…
I’ve been really digging me some Jamaican food lately, so it’s a good thing that South Florida houses so many islander restaurants. Two weeks ago, I mentioned Kelsie’s Place on Sunrise as a great place to get fast, cheap Jamaican classics. But I recently visited the Dutch Pot on 441…
Every wine-producing region has its iconic wine. The Napa Valley has Cabernet Sauvignon; France, Bordeaux; Italy, Chianti; Spain, Rioja; Australia, Shiraz; Chile, Carménère. And Argentina has malbec. Like its South American cousin, malbec is one of the “noble grapes” of Bordeaux (along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit…
Another interesting week on the blog. Up for a second helping? Here’s the highlights you might have missed.Don’t let those veggies rot away in your fridge – turn them into quiche. If a gun is fired at a Coral Springs bar, and only a blog commenter hears it, does it…
Back in July, School Food Policy published an article on its blog about the dire condition of school lunches in America thanks to the School Nutrition Association and it’s annual dog and pony extravaganza, the Las Vegas Food Show. Writer Deborah Lehmanns slogged through the show, where school lunch organizers…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.It’s hard to call The Amateur Gastronomer anything but a professional. Well, maybe she’s not getting paid for the blog, but with…
The only thing painful about Le Petit Pain is deciding which of its luscious breads, pastries, cookies, tarts, and other confections to take home with you. But one pain that’s pure pleasure is a breakfast bread that, if you’re not of Scandinavian descent, you’ve probably never seen before. “Scandinavian coffee…
“What the hell are you doing?” he asks me. “Getting ready to cook these steaks,” I tell him. “Dude – there’s a grill right outside the door, and you’re heating up a pan? Are you on crack?” Men are supposed to intuitively know how to cook steaks. It’s in our…
Summer is here, and apparently that means its time to get loaded on wine, scotch, and beer pairings. Check out these events taking place over the next week, and bring an extra liver, if you can.• Himmarshee Bar & Grille is teaming up with B.R. Cohn Winery for a four course…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
